No information that you
submit to BackgroundFerret.com, including, but not limited to, your name,
address, email address, or phone number is ever sold to or shared with any
third parties for marketing purposes. Any information collected is only used
to such an extent as is necessary to complete any report or perform any
service that you have ordered from BackgroundFerret.com.

For example, we use
your email address only to contact you with the results of any report that
you order or with any questions regarding your order. Once your report has
been completed and the results have been emailed back to you,
BackgroundFerret.com does not send you any future or follow-up emails --
unless, of course, you order future reports or contact us with any
questions.

Your credit card
information is only shared with Card Services International and the bank
that issued your credit card in order to: 1. Verify that the cardholder is
actually the same person placing the order and 2. Charge the account
for the exact amount as shown on the final page that you receive when
ordering any reports (the page with your order number printed on it). Card
Services International is one of the largest credit card processing
companies that handles online and offline purchases; they protect your
credit card transaction information when you make a purchase through any one
of their merchants, whether it's online like BackgroundFerret.com or offline
like making a payment at a local store or restaurant.

BackgroundFerret.com
does not store your credit card information either electronically or on
paper. A very limited number of specially trained BackgroundFerret.com
personnel have limited access to the appropriate Card Services International
records, but only access those records to the extent necessary to process a
refund in the case of overpayment or to investigate a disputed charge.
Exception: In cases where the cardholder disputes a charge on their credit
card, a hard copy and electronic copy of any documentation regarding the
dispute is kept on file for a period of 2 years.

To increase the
security of your credit card information, BackgroundFerret.com does NOT
accept phone orders or email requests to make additional charges to your
credit card; this insures that no extra charges will ever be charged to your
account by BackgroundFerret.com or any BackgroundFerret.com employee. Your
credit card is only charged for the report(s) that you order directly on our
website through our secure server, which uses SSL 128-byte encryption to
protect your credit card and contact information.

Credit Card Fraud
Exception: In cases of credit card fraud, or in any other cases as required
by law, any and all information that you submit will be shared with
the appropriate bank and/or appropriate law enforcement agency(ies) in order
to investigate any fraudulent use of someone else's credit card information
and/or identity. If you are planning on using a stolen or lost credit card
to place an order with BackgroundFerret.com, please be aware that we will
cooperate completely with law enforcement and will provide your Internet
I.P. address (the Internet address from which the transaction was initiated)
and any other necessary information to assist in the investigation of any
such fraud. (This is the online equivalent to the "All Shoplifters Will Be
Prosecuted" signs that you see in many stores.)

Unless you are using a
very, very old version of a web browser, you should have no trouble ordering
on our secure server. If your web browser for any reason does not
support this secure form of data encryption, you will see a blank white
screen when trying to order and you will need to update your browser to the
latest version. Most web browsers can be updated for free. If you do not
encounter this problem, then the data from your transaction has been
properly encrypted. If you do, for any reason, need a current version of a
web browser, you can download a new or updated copy of Microsoft's Internet
Explorer for free at the
Microsoft Download Center.